Gandhis Teachers Rajchandra Ravjibhai Mehta

Author(s): Satish Sharma
Publisher: Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad

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Gandhi's Teachers : Rajchandra Ravjibhai Mehta
proof of his being an incarnation of God, because such prophecies of birth are possible to be made on the basis of astrology etc. It is also possible that Jesus' birth might have been prophesied by some person by intuition, but in the absence of cogent proof it cannot be accepted. And such soothsayers cannot be held to be omniscient teachers. Such a prophecy appears to be based more on faith than any reasoning, for there are so many difficulties in the way of its being accepted as true.
Q. 15 There are so many miracles about Jesus narrated in Bible. What do you say about them?
A. It is quite impossible for a dead body to be resurrected by the entry of the soul which has left it or by some other soul. If such a thing begins to happen, then the whole science of causation of birth and death will come to an end. But there is no gainsaying the fact that various sorts of miraculous powers are achieved by spiritual discipline and yogic practices. It is all within the pale of possibility that Jesus also might have attained several of these powers, but mind such powers are far inferior to the glory of omnipotent soul. Glory and grandeur of soul is infinite. You may better discuss this point when we meet.
Q. 17 Is it possible for us to know about our future and past births?
A. Yes, it is possible. Men of unblemished knowledge can know such things by intuition. Even ordinary people can know them by logical reasoning. Just as by looking at the clouds and other symptoms of weather a rainfall can be ascertained. So by looking to the tendencies of a being, it is easy to determine the previous life which led to the present birth. By this method, of course, it is likely that one may not be able to visualize full picture of previous births, still a good deal thereof can be known. Similarly from the above symptoms it is possible to ascertain one's future trends of life as well. The more minutely we go into the details of life, the more vivid picture of future and previous births would come to light.